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ARM buys Apical: all IP and running licensing deals for $350 million
ARM buys Apical: all IP and running licensing deals for $350 million
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ARM announced it has acquired the entire share capital of Apical Limited (“Apical”), a provider of imaging and embedded computer…
X-Microwave and Peregrine colaborate on modular design and prototyping
X-Microwave and Peregrine colaborate on modular design and prototyping
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X-Microwave, LLC, and Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., have announced their collaboration and the addition of Peregrine’s RF products to X-Microwave’s online…
CEA expands collaboration with Intel in wireless and IoT
CEA expands collaboration with Intel in wireless and IoT
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The CEA (Atomic Energy Commission) and Intel have recently signed a new R&D agreement in Paris that expands collaboration between…
NetThings, CSEM partner on £900,000 R&D energy saving project
NetThings, CSEM partner on £900,000 R&D energy saving project
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“Internet of Things” company NetThings (Edinburgh, UK) has partnered with CSEM (Neuchâtel, Switzerland), a non-profit research company, to develop an…

OLED lighting design contest looks to identify innovative applications
OLED lighting design contest looks to identify innovative applications
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Corning Incorporated (Corning, NY) and OLEDWorks (Rochester, NY) along with innovation facilitator NineSigma (Cleveland, OH), have announced an OLED lighting design open innovation contest.
NetThings partners with CSEM on £900,000 R&D project
NetThings partners with CSEM on £900,000 R&D project
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Edinburgh based “internet of things” company NetThings has partnered with CSEM a Swiss private, non-profit research company to develop an analytical platform to save energy and increase equipment reliability in…
Lighting without a Bulb: an open innovation contest
Lighting without a Bulb: an open innovation contest
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Corning Incorporated and OLEDWorks LLC along with innovation facilitator NineSigma, announced an OLED lighting design open innovation contest.
Foundries’ sales show hard times continuing
Foundries’ sales show hard times continuing
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Taiwanese foundries TSMC and UMC, two partial bellwethers of the semiconductor sector, have both indicate with recent sales figures that a chip market slow down that lasted through the winter…
Sales declines dominate 1Q16 chip vendor ranking
Sales declines dominate 1Q16 chip vendor ranking
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Seven of the top-20 chip vendors ranked by revenue in 1Q16 showed double-digit percentage declines compared to 1Q15, according to figures produced by IC Insights.
European battery ‘Gigafactory’ opens
European battery ‘Gigafactory’ opens
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BMZ GmbH (Karlstein-Großwelzheim, Germany) has opened the first section of what will be Europe’s biggest lithium-ion battery factory, labelling it as “Europe’s Gigafactory” in an allusion to the Tesla battery…
SSL to provide high power communications satellite to Intelsat
SSL to provide high power communications satellite to Intelsat
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Space Systems Loral (SSL) has been selected to provide a high power communications satellite for Intelsat S.A., operator of the first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone. The…
Report: Chronocam winning in automotive
Report: Chronocam winning in automotive
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Chronocam AS (Paris, France), a startup company that develops vision sensors for machine vision based on asynchronous pixel sensor technology, is already achieving success in automotive applications according to a…
European battery ‘Gigafactory’ opens
European battery ‘Gigafactory’ opens
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BMZ GmbH (Karlstein-Großwelzheim, Germany) has opened the first section of what will be Europe’s biggest lithium-ion battery factory, labelling it as “Europe’s Gigafactory” in an allusion to the Tesla battery…
European battery ‘Gigafactory’ opens
European battery ‘Gigafactory’ opens
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BMZ GmbH (Karlstein-Großwelzheim, Germany) has opened the first section of what will be Europe’s biggest lithium-ion battery factory, labelling it as “Europe’s Gigafactory” in an allusion to the Tesla battery…
Robot Lab challenge looks to reward French startups
Robot Lab challenge looks to reward French startups
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French incubator Robot Lab, dedicated to helping startups develop and commercialize innovative robotic applications, has launched its first nationwide challenge to reward the best projects in the fields of robotics,…
European ‘Gigafactory’ opens
European ‘Gigafactory’ opens
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Labelling it as “Europe’s Gigafactory” (an allusion to the Tesla battery plant being built in the western USA), BMZ GmbH (Karlstein-Großwelzheim, Germany) has opened the first section of what will…
ON Semi advances rapid deployment of IoT
ON Semi advances rapid deployment of IoT
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ON Semiconductor has announced two developments that it says will enable rapid deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) products. Working with SIGFOX, provider of dedicated Iot connectivity, ON has said…
Richardson RFPD to demo live DFE and SDR systems at IMS2016
Richardson RFPD to demo live DFE and SDR systems at IMS2016
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Richardson RFPD has collaborated with Analog Devices (ADI) and New Edge Signal Solutions to develop digital front-end (DFE) radio solutions, including new wideband (6 to 24 GHz) SiGe up/down converters…
Major expansion in Li-ion battery factory capacity in Europe
Major expansion in Li-ion battery factory capacity in Europe
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Labelling it as “Europe’s Gigafactory” (an allusion to the Tesla battery plant being built in the western USA), BMZ has opened the first section of what will be Europe’s biggest…
Epson and Microsemi team up on network synchronization
Epson and Microsemi team up on network synchronization
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Seiko Epson Corporation and Microsemi Corporation have announced their joint development of compliant network synchronization systems, with Epson's TG7050EAN high frequency high stability temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) supporting Microsemi's…
Robot Lab challenge rewards French startups with funding and acceleration
Robot Lab challenge rewards French startups with funding and acceleration
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French incubator Robot Lab, dedicated to helping startups develop and commercialize innovative robotic applications, has launched its first nationwide challenge to reward the best projects in the fields of robotics,…
Nissan integrates e-mobility with Smart Grid
Nissan integrates e-mobility with Smart Grid
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Japanese carmaker Nissan intends to establish closer technological and business ties between electric driving and smart grids: Together with energy provider Enel, the company plans to test a vehicle-to-grid system.
Nissan integrates e-mobility with Smart Grid
Nissan integrates e-mobility with Smart Grid
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Japanese carmaker Nissan intends to establish closer technological and business ties between electric driving and smart grids: Together with energy provider Enel, the company plans to test a vehicle-to-grid system.
Richardson Electronics and Anaren sign global distribution agreement
Richardson Electronics and Anaren sign global distribution agreement
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Richardson Electronics, Ltd., has announced a new global distribution agreement with Anaren, Inc., a leading designer, manufacturer and seller of custom high-frequency solutions and standard components for the wireless communications,…
O2 takeover block implies operators need to focus on service
O2 takeover block implies operators need to focus on service
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The European Commission has blocked the proposed acquisition of O2 by Hutchison under the EU Merger Regulation. According to the Commission, UK mobile customers would have had less choice and…
Xiaomi expected to launch Rifle mobile processor
Xiaomi expected to launch Rifle mobile processor
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Xiaomi, the fast rising Chinese smartphone maker, is expected to launch an internally developed mobile processor called Rifle on May 10 to reduce its dependency on processors from Qualcomm and…
ARM, InvenSense partner on IoT in China
ARM, InvenSense partner on IoT in China
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MEMS vendor InvenSense Inc. (San Jose, CA) and the ARM Accelerator, a Chinese incubator founded by ARM plc and Thundersoft Software Technology Co. Ltd., have partnered to accelerate development of…
Smart city monitoring system eases parking frustrations
Smart city monitoring system eases parking frustrations
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Parking is one area that smart cities and the IoT could potentially have a big impact. Addressing this issue, Analog Devices (Norwood, MA) and Cambridge Consultants (Cambridge, UK) have announced…


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